Hematocrit is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in men but not in women

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Irace, Concetta ^a   Ciamei, Monica ^a   Crivaro, Andrea ^a   Fiaschi, Elio ^a   Madia, Angela ^a   Cortese, Claudio ^b   Gnasso, Agostino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Risk factors; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042367673     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mca.0000071769.74379.49     Document Type: Article

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